tawdry

英 [ˈtɔːdri]

美 [ˈtɔːdri]

adj.  俗丽而不值钱的; 俗气的; 花里胡哨的; 粗俗的; 下流的; 卑鄙的; 卑污的

GRETEM8

BNC.21616 / COCA.21233

牛津词典

adj.

• 俗丽而不值钱的；俗气的；花里胡哨的
  intended to be bright and attractive but cheap and of low quality
  1. tawdry jewellery
     俗丽便宜的首饰
• 粗俗的；下流的；卑鄙的；卑污的
  involving low moral standards; extremely unpleasant or offensive
  1. a tawdry affair
     卑鄙下流的勾当

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 廉价的;俗气的
  If you describe something such as clothes or decorations astawdry, you mean that they are cheap and show a lack of taste.
  1. ...tawdry jewellery.
     廉价珠宝
• ADJ-GRADED (故事、事件)令人讨厌的，卑鄙的，不道德的
  If you describe something such as a story or an event astawdry, you mean that it is unpleasant or immoral.
  1. ...the yawning gulf between her fantasies and the tawdry reality.
     她的幻想和冷酷的现实之间的巨大差距
  2. ...the tawdry business of day-to-day bartering and bargaining.
     日复一日做交易讨价还价，让人不胜其烦

双语例句

• When they are not tawdry opportunities to air grievances, settle scores or rationalise errors, they tend to be tales of adversity with a triumphant twist.
  作者不是借此机会大吐苦水，一了私人恩怨或为自己的过错辩解，就是讲述自己在逆境中突出重围的陈词滥调。
• The country now boasts more millionaires than the UK and glossy malls to serve them are springing up even in tawdry third-and fourth-tier cities.
  如今，中国的百万富翁的数量已超过英国，即使是在艳俗的三、四线城市，为百万富翁服务的炫丽购物中心也在拔地而起。
• We let you keep your tawdry theatrical mementoes. lsn't that enough?
  我们允许你保留这些粗俗的纪念品，还不够吗？
• He was looking at some rather tawdry hats in a shop window.
  他在看商店橱窗里的几顶俗丽而不值钱的帽子。
• Do you attend operas, or do you read tawdry novels?
  你会参观歌剧表演，还是阅读通俗小说？
• Is that one learns early what a tawdry puppet play it is.
  很早学会了如何处理奢华的场合。
• It began life producing batteries in the tawdry boomtown of Shenzhen across the Hong Kong border, then branched out into electric cars.
  比亚迪总部位于毗邻香港的俗丽新兴都市深圳，以生产电池起家，后来才扩展至电动汽车领域。
• That dress is just tawdry.
  那条裙子太俗艳了。
• Steve Coogan, a comedian whose private life has often been newspaper fodder, complained about "tawdry muckraking" and the "sociopathic" treatment meted out by editors.
  史蒂夫·库根，一位私生活经常被报纸拿来说事的喜剧演员，抱怨编辑们“揭发低俗丑闻”以及对待名人的“反社会”倾向。
• Sheldon: You want me to use my intelligence in a tawdry competition?
  谢尔顿：你想让我把才智浪费在这种华而不实的比赛上吗？